The Student Success Commons at York County Community College: MAT 126: Trigonometry

Refer to the table provided to convert from degrees to radians or vice versa.

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For example, to convert 30° to radians we would multiply 30 by (π/180) and simplify:

= 30π/180
= 1π/6
= π/6 radians

So 30° is equal to π/6 radians.

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Did you know you don't have to memorize the entire unit circle? Watch this video for a quick trick and some other great information.

How to Pronounce Greek Letters (American English) For Science and Mathematics:

Note: Though different than the above video, in your class you're more likely to hear mu is pronounced like "mew", nu is pronounced like "new" and upsilon is usually pronounced "oop·suh·laan".

You won't need to memorize or use all Greek letters in your trigonometry class. Some of the most common ones are α (alpha), β (beta), γ (gamma), θ (theta)—these are usually used to represent angles—π (pi), and ω (omega).